Stab Vest
The Stab Vest is a rare police protective vest in DayZ. It uses the vest slot, can hold 4 grenades, gives 1 quick bar bonus slot, and provides decent projectile, melee, and infected protection. It is much lighter than a Plate Carrier, but it has lower durability.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Stab Vest is a protective police vest in DayZ. It is made from layered para-aramid fibers and is useful as early-to-mid game armor, especially around police loot areas. It is weaker than a Plate Carrier, but it weighs much less, saves stamina, and still gives useful protection against bullets, melee attacks, and infected hits.
In-game description
“A standard vest worn by police. Consists of several layers and is capable of reducing the impact of knife attacks.”
Main Uses
- Wear as a protective police vest
- Reduce projectile damage
- Reduce melee and infected damage
- Attach up to 4 grenades
- Gain 1 quick bar bonus slot
- Use as a lighter armor option before finding a Plate Carrier
- Repair with a Leather Sewing Kit or Epoxy Putty
How to use this item
Use the Stab Vest for protection
The Stab Vest is a strong early armor option if you find one around police areas or police infected.
- Find a Stab Vest in police loot areas or on police infected.
- Equip it in your vest slot.
- Attach grenades if you are carrying them.
- Use the quick bar bonus slot for an important item.
- Replace or repair it when the condition gets low because its durability is limited.
Repair the Stab Vest
The Stab Vest can be repaired with a Leather Sewing Kit or Epoxy Putty.
- Place the Stab Vest in your inventory or hands.
- Use a Leather Sewing Kit or Epoxy Putty on the vest.
- Repair it when damaged.
- Each repair restores part of the vest condition.
How to get Stab Vest
- Search police stations and police loot areas.
- Loot police infected when safe.
- Check towns with police buildings.
- Loot players wearing police or early armor gear.
Spawn info
- • The Stab Vest is a rare police vest.
- • It uses the vest inventory slot.
- • It can hold 4 grenades.
- • It gives 1 quick bar bonus slot.
- • It is commonly associated with police buildings and police infected.
Important notes
- The Stab Vest is a protective vest, not a storage-focused vest.
- It provides decent projectile, melee, and infected protection.
- It can hold 4 grenades.
- It gives 1 quick bar bonus slot.
- It weighs much less than a Plate Carrier.
- It has lower durability than heavier armor options.
- It has high insulation.
- It can become soaked.
- It can be repaired with a Leather Sewing Kit or Epoxy Putty.
- It is a strong early-game armor option if found near police loot.